| Prisons on Fire: Attica, George Jackson and Black Liberation Contributor(s): The Freedom Archives (Author) |
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ISBN: 1902593529 ISBN-13: 9781902593524 Publisher: AK Press OUR PRICE: $13.48 Product Type: Compact Disc Published: April 2002 Annotation: Thirty years ago America's prisons burned. Here's how, why, and what happened. Who were the Attica Brothers? Who was George Jackson? And why was he murdered by the prison administration? And what do these forgotten histories tell us about prisons, repression, and the struggle for freedom today? Now, through archive audio, music and interviews, the voices of the Attica Brothers, Jonathan Jackson Jr., Angela Davis, Amiri Baraka, James Baldwin, Harry Belafonte, former Black Panther Chief Of Staff David Hilliard and more, introduce and grapple with this legacy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Penology - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Technology & Engineering | Electronics - General |
| Dewey: 323 |
| Series: AK Press Audio |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 5.8" W x 6.22" (0.20 lbs) |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Thirty years ago America's prisons burned. Here's how, why, and what happened. Who were the Attica Brothers? Who was George Jackson? And why was he murdered by the prison administration? And what do these forgotten histories tell us about prisons, repression, and the struggle for freedom today? Now, through archive audio, music and interviews, the voices of the Attica Brothers, Jonathan Jackson Jr., Angela Davis, Amiri Baraka, James Baldwin, Harry Belafonte, former Black Panther Chief Of Staff David Hilliard and more, introduce and grapple with this legacy. |